Danilo Türk and Sundeep Waslekar explain the complexities of cooperation over water and the lessons that can be drawn from existing agreements.
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) project is due to be completed later this year. The $5 billion project is expected to take between five and 15 years to fill—in a process Egypt is certain will jeopardize its primary water supplies.
Nearly two years after the resolutions, questions remain as to whether discussions on sustaining peace are reaching beyond UN headquarters, and above all, how this new term resonates with local…
Observers have come to the conclusion that, in many ways, UN peacekeeping has lost its compass and faces an existential crisis. What is peacekeeping today?
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